Hernandez faces a first-degree murder charge in Lloyd's death. If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison. He was jailed on five other charges as well, involving illegal possession of a firearm.

He was in court Thursday, a day after his arraignment, in a bid to overturn a ruling that he be held without bail. His request was denied. Hernandez will remain jailed until his trial, which could be a year or more away.

Hernandez continues to be hit by fallout from the case. He was stripped of an endorsement deal Thursday, this one by Puma brands. Earlier he lost his ties with a nutritional supplement company.

Also, according to NBC, Massachusetts police were looking for a third suspect in the Lloyd slaying. The man was identified as Ernest Wallace, 41, known as "Fish," and was wanted as an accessory after murder.

Wallace was described as armed and dangerous.

It is likely he was one of the two men seen in surveillance video with Hernandez before and after the Lloyd shooting. The first suspect already is in jail, arrested in Connecticut. On Friday, Ortiz was ordered returned to Massachusetts.

Carlos Ortiz, 27, was charged as a fugitive from justice and waived extradition to Massachusetts, Connecticut state's attorney Brian Preleski said. Prison records show Ortiz was being held on $1.5 million bail at a Hartford jail.

On Friday, police recovered a vehicle believed used during the Lloyd slaying, the Boston Globe reported. The car, a silver Chrysler 300, had been in a Bristol, Conn., parking lot for a week. It was towed to a police lot.

Goodell has the authority to act against Hernandez, including banishment from the league for conduct detrimental of the game. Other players have been subject to suspension in recent years, but no case has gone as far as the one against Hernandez, which only threatens to go deeper into legal trouble.

In addition to news of possible connection to the two 2012 shootings, a photo surfaced this week of Hernandez holding a handgun. He took the photo of himself with a phone camera in 2009 while he was at the University of Florida.

Hernandez had several run-ins with law enforcement and university officials while in school. Those incidents led to NFL teams having deep character concerns about Hernandez, who also reportedly admitted marijuana use to teams during pre-draft interviews.

Those concerns led to Hernandez falling from a possible first-round pick to the fourth round. The Patriots selected him, believing they could handle his character concerns, and indeed he became a valuable and productive player, earning a five-year, $40 million contract extension in 2012.

All 31 teams passed on him. The league notified all teams any Hernandez contract would be subject to Goodell's approval following a hearing.

That hearing will depend on information gathered by NFL security officials. It will help determine if Hernandez "should be suspended or face other action" before his criminal charges are resolved.

Hernandez's reputation before his arrest in the Lloyd case was the subject of controversy. The Patriots, a source told Marvez, were "concerned about the people" with whom Hernandez associated. The source also described Hernandez as a "would-be gangbanger."